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In the middle of a busy lunch rush, a student suddenly began having a seizure. And Michelle, one of the lunch ladies, didn’t hesitate.

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Who knew a grandma playing Minecraft could help her grandson fight cancer?

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This is the sweetest little story. After spending over 40 years as next-door neighbors, a senior couple gets engaged.

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A special education teacher plans a first overnight trip for special needs students, and it’s a blessing.

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Almost 100 years ago, a firefighter named Wesley A. Williams, the first Black officer in the New York City Fire Department, rescued people from a tenement building fire.

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An 18-year-old climber survives a 260-foot fall down a mountain against all odds.

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Hospital staff rally to help a couple say ‘I Do’ amid the bride’s rare cancer diagnosis, and she gets the wedding she dreamed of.

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A Chicago crossing guard goes the extra mile to help kids cross the street after it flooded.

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An off-duty firefighter saved a football coach in Orange County, CA, after the coach suddenly fell unconscious.

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A young boy with autism finds friendship and support at his neighborhood grocery store.

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The American Olympic bobsledder and most-decorated Black Winter Olympic athlete is also a mother of two. She has competed in every Winter Olympics since 2010.

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After a 500-foot fall, this paraglider’s survival feels nothing short of a miracle!

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/motherhood-fuels-elana-meyers-taylor.html 

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The family of a young boy who almost drowned gets to meet the 911 dispatcher who helped save his life.

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A Florida man was driving on a busy road when he suddenly stopped, saving toddlers from a busy street.

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A woman receives a letter in the mail from 1953 and figures out who it belongs to. A woman expecting only bills and grocery store ads. And then a letter.

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A heroic neighbor saves a mother and her children after their townhouse caught on fire in Baltimore.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/neighbor-saves-mother-and-children.html 

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After his truck became a meme, the community stepped up with a huge act of kindness. Mo Riles’ pickup truck was impossible to miss.

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If you walk into the Hilton in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, you might find two dogs at the hotel, running up and down the aisles.

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An act of kindness at a pharmacy broke through barriers one December day when a mom of two couldn’t afford medicine for her baby.

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A woman gives birth without knowing she was pregnant, leaving her and her husband in awe. 

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200 hamburgers, endless smiles: shelter dogs get a feast they’ll never forget.

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This couple's path to parenthood isn’t anything like what they imagined. They were expecting two babies at once—and they aren’t twins.

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A simple flea market visit in Kentucky leads to an incredible family reunion with the past.

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What began as a DNA test became a father-son reunion years in the making.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/father-son-reunion-in-georgia.html 

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If you hit your 110th birthday, you can be called a supercentenarian, and that’s just what this woman in Winter Haven, Florida, has done.

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Since returning the lost wallet, she’s become best friends with its owner… It was the best reward she could ask for.

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Two Ohio siblings are heroes after they noticed their school bus driver was having trouble breathing.

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Finding love again at 78, this loving couple met at church and married four months later.

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A woman in California turned 108 years old in December. What’s her secret to long life? No complaining.

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A brave father runs back into a burning home to rescue his daughter from a house fire.

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A baby boy was born in a Carl’s Jr. parking lot after his parents didn’t make it to the hospital on time.

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Diagnosed with bone cancer, a young soldier reunites with the dog he loved overseas.

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One little boy saves a friend from drowning at his own birthday party after underestimating the water's depth.

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A few lucky tenants in Portsmouth, VA, got a tremendous blessing over the holidays.

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The parents of a soldier got the best surprise ever when their military son made an appearance at a card-signing event in Fairfax, VA. 

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His girlfriend had sweet memories of Bass Pro Shops, so that’s where he proposed.

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One grandpa in Rwanda was determined not to miss his grandson’s wedding.

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Trapped in a burning car, she honked for help, and a brave officer saved her life.

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Julius Campbell recently celebrated his 100th birthday, but he remains strong and has accomplished a great deal in his long life, from serving in the Navy to founding his own church.

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You won't believe how this Texas city offers something special and heartwarming with their ‘Grandma Stand,’ and I think every city needs to take note!

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/100-year-old-crossing-guard.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/grandma-stand-offers-something-special.html 

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When they feared losing their newborn, they prayed for a miracle, and then he pulled through.

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A woman was struggling to carry her groceries in the cold when someone saw her need.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/police-officer-helps-woman.html  

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For almost a decade, loyal Pensacola, FL, Shrimp Basket customer Charlie Hicks showed up twice a day for his usual bowl of gumbo with light rice.

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A family battling a daughter’s rare illness gets the perfect secret Santa surprise.

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A 33-year-old hiker, Austin Dirks, was off on an outdoor adventure in Utah’s Arches National Park on Dec. 7 when he got himself stuck in near-freezing temperatures.

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A 67-year-old California man saves his family from a fire after jumping from the second-floor window.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/ca-man-saves-family-from-fire.html 

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Sadie, a black Labrador retriever-mix, found herself in trouble that would shake even the bravest pet parent.

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The fun and furry event broke a Guinness World Record. And everyone had a tail-wagging good time.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/golden-retriever-gathering-breaks-records.html 

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A California family launched a pizzeria to help their daughter with special needs thrive.

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Every year since he was 5, Tucker Rose has collected thousands of cards to give to veterans.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/helping-veterans-during-christmas.html 

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An off-duty paramedic saves a girl from an extremely dangerous house fire on Thanksgiving Day in LA.

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This December, the Gary Sinise Foundation brought more than 1,600 Gold Star family members to Walt Disney World in Florida for their annual Snowball Express event.

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81 years later, two WWII veterans meet and discover they survived the same POW camp.

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Three Virginia first graders saved their teacher after she started choking on a piece of food.

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A new dad makes his son's birth just in the nick of time after an appendix removal surgery.

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Zach Zarembinski and Isabelle Richard were teens, each suffering from traumatic injuries, when they met at a Minnesota hospital after waking from their comas.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/coma-survivors-get-engaged.html 

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A family in The Woodlands, Texas, was on a Thanksgiving outing when a 12-year-old girl fell into a sand hole.

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A baby girl was born in a Missouri Buc-ee’s parking lot after her parents couldn’t make it to the hospital in time.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/baby-born-at-bucees.html 

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A birthday fishing trip got turned upside down, literally, in Clearwater, Florida, on Nov. 25. After 20 hours on the water, the family was found at sea.

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Sometimes… through a graduation photo delivered to the wrong mailbox because the Lord clearly has a sense of humor.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/strangers-became-family-after-photo-mix-up.html 

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A 9-year-old Minnesota girl gives out free compliments just to make her neighbor’s day.

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A school bus driver’s split-second decision saves a 4-year-old from Lake Owasso.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/school-bus-driver-saves-child.html 

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In their deepest grief, a family looks to God for hope after losing their six-year-old son, Abel Torres-Aquino.

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When doctors said he had zero percent chance of survival, 15-year-old Riley Shoemaker proved that God still writes stories no human doctor can predict.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/teen-burn-victim-goes-home.html 

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Two teens, Jack Borowski and Brodie Perry, came across a young woman who simply could not make it down the mountain on her own.

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An Elementary school in New Jersey loves their deaf therapy dog so much that the whole school threw him a birthday party.

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Lyle and Eleanor Gittens met over 80 years ago and are now considered the oldest living married couple.

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A baby born at 24 weeks is finally coming home after spending the first 18 months of her life in the hospital.

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What happens when two seniors fall in love at the Y? Why, they get married in the pool, of course.

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For Maria Carlin, a 36-year-old mother from Long Island, that moment came on a July morning when she placed her four-year-old son, Jack, into his car seat and began racing him to the hospital.

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A woman gets a glimpse of the past when she finds a love letter from WWI in her attic.

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A Hawaii lifeguard, still recovering 11 days after a shark attack, describes the moment it struck.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/lifeguard-bit-by-shark.html 

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When George Lynn was a mere toddler, doctors gave him a diagnosis that could have written the story of his life before he ever had a chance to hold the pen.

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You might think a WWII vet would be resting at home or making frequent visits to the doctor, but one special New York WWII veteran works at Lowe's 3 days a week.

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A Secret Santa had a very special surprise for a certain Mrs. Claus in Eastern Idaho. First-grade teacher Sherri Empey, a widow of Santa, received a gift that blew her away.

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A Texas woman finds her wedding ring after she thought it was lost in a fire. This miracle is what we like to call a God wink.

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 A special family donated a very special spruce to be the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree this year. But for Judy Russ, it’s as much a gift for her and her family as it is for America.

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She wasn’t supposed to live past 4; now, at 20, this woman, who was born without a brain, is a living miracle.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/2025-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/woman-born-without-a-brain.html 

On December 13th, the actor and entertainer will be turning 100 years old. And he has lived quite the life in those years. 

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Grab a tissue and watch how, from a DNA match, a woman meets her biological father for the first time.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/woman-meets-biological-father.html 

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